I. Tugg Martin'S Tough. - No Doubt O' That! And Down There At The Town He Come From Word'S Bin Sent Advisin' This-Here Settle-Ment To Kindo' Humor Tugg, And Not To Git Him Hot - Jest Pass His Imperfections By, And He's As Good As Pie! Ii. They Claim He's Wanted Back There. - Yit The Officers They Mostly Quit Insistin' When They Notice Tugg'S So Back'Ard, And Sorto' Gives 'Em To Understand He Druther Not! - A Deputy (The Slickest One You Ever See!) Tackled Him Last - "Disguisin' Then," As Tugg Says, "As A Gentlemen!" - You'd Ort O' Hear Tugg Tell It! - My! I Thought I'd Die! Iii. The Way It Wuz; - Tugg And The Rest The Boys Wuz Jest A-Kindo' Gittin' Thawed Out, Down At "Guss'S Place," Fur-End O' Town, One Night, When, First We Knowed, Some Feller Rode Up In A Buggy At The Door, And Hollered Fer Some One To Come And Fetch Him Some Red-Licker Out - And Whirped And Swore That Colt He Drove Wuz "Thompson'S" Shore! Iv. Guss Went Out, And Come In Agin And Filled A Pint And Tuck It Out - Stayed Quite A Spell - Then Peeked Back In, Half-Hid-Like Where The Light Wuz Dim, And Jieuked His Head At Tugg And Said, - "Come Out A Minute - Here'S A Gent Wants You To Take A Drink With Him." V. Well - Tugg Laid Down His Cards And Went - In Fact, We All Got Up, You Know, Startin' To Go - When In Reels Guss Aginst The Wall, As White As Snow, Gaspin', - "He's Tuck Tugg! - Wher'S My Gun?" And-Sir, Outside We Heerd The Hoss Snort And Kick Up His Heels Like He Wuz Skeerd, And Then The Buggy-Wheels Scrape - And Then Tugg'S Voice Hollerun', - "I'm Bested! - Good-Bye, Fellers!" . . . 'Peared S' All-Fired Suddent, Nobody Couldn't Jest Git It Fixed, - Tel Hoss And Man, Buggy And Tugg, Off Through The Dark Went Like The Devil Beatin' Tan- Bark! Vi. What Could We Do? . . . We Filed Back To The Bar: And Guss Jest Looked At Us, And We Looked Back "The Same As You," Still Sayin' Nothin' - And The Sap It Stood In Every Eye, And Every Hat And Cap Went Off, As We Teched Glasses Solemnly, And Guss Says-He: "Ef It's 'Good-Bye' With Tugg, Fer Shore, - I Say God Bless Him! - Er Ef They Aint Railly No Need To Pray, I'm Not Reniggin! - Board'S The Play, And Here'S God Bless Him, Anyway!" Vii. It Must A-Bin An Hour Er So We All Set There, Talkin O' Pore Old Tugg, You Know, 'At Never, Wuz Ketched Up Before - When - All Slow-Like - The Door- Knob Turned - And Tugg Come Shamblin' In, Hand-Cuffed' - 'At'S What He Wuz, I Swear! - Yit Smilin,' Like He Hadn't Bin Away At All! And When We Ast Him Where The Deputy Wuz At, - "I Don't Know Where," Tugg Said, - "All I Know Is - He's Dead."